Written questions

Pharmacy: Community Health Services

Commons · Question 8741 · Tabled 11 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of community pharmacies have dispensed medications at a loss in each of the last three years.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 21 Oct 2024

We do not hold this information. Community pharmacy reimbursement arrangements do not aim to ensure that every pharmacy is paid as much or more than it paid for every product, but aims overall to reimburse as much as they were bought for, plus the allowed...